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Show STOCK IN TRANSIT. Test Caso to Decide Whether State Can Cbargo for Inspection on Cattle Passing Through. Cattlcmn everywhere aro Interested In tho legal contest now being waged between II. II. Held of tho l'lato Commission Com-mission company ot Omiho. nnd the Stato of Colorado, Involving tho right nf a htjlu to Impose an Inspection tuc on tattlo In transit. Mt. Held, who arrived here from Denver yesterday nn a business trip, give this account nf tho dllllculty Out dim last Juno shipped 20 000 head of cattlo fiom Texnn to Onnhu, When tho cuts entered rnloiadn, they vverd Inspected by an 0lllcl.1l and J-cents a head wus charged for this service. This vta mild until tho last carlo ul, 8S2 head, and tlun, In order to test the law, wo tefuscd payment. I was arrested, ar-rested, tried In the District court and sentenced tn six months In Jail In Arupuhoo tounty, ' I demanded a writ of habeas enrpus from Judge Haskell nt tho United Rtatcs court, but ho lefured on lho ground that tho case wan u. matter that could not bo handled by tho Federal courtB until tho Btnto courts vtero ex-haustod ex-haustod Then I appealed to tho B11. pieme court nf Cnloradn, nnd Inst week; a decision was handed down upholding tho Btnto In Its contention An appeal will be Inken to the bupremo court of the United States " The National Live Slock .association Is backing; Mr. Held In his light There Is no objection to tho Inspection tax bains ba-ins exacted by the State In which the cattle aie to be landed but cattlemen fed that a tax Imposed on cattle simply sim-ply passing1 through on the cars Is nn Injustice and contrary to the Interstate commerce regulations In the case above cited Mr Held has obtained from the Federal authorities in Texas a bill nf health, ftntlng that the cattle were "free tn go nny place In the United States without further Inspection or exaction ex-action of fees " The cne baa been placed on the Oc-tober Oc-tober culendtr of the United Slates Supreme Su-preme court, nnd lho decision Is uitlcU pated with eroat Interest by ehlppur. |